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Today in History
November 3
1493 Christopher Columbus arrives at the Caribbee Isles (Dominica) during his second expedition.
1507 Leonardo da Vinci is commissioned to paint Lisa Gherardini ("Mona Lisa").
1529 The first parliament for five years opens in England and the Commons put forward bills against abuses amongst the clergy and in the church courts.
1794 Thomas Paine is released from a Parisian jail with help from the American ambassador James Monroe. He was arrested for having offended the Robespierre faction.
1813 American troops destroy the Indian village of Tallushatchee in the Mississippi Valley.
1868 Ulysses S. Grant elected the 18th president of the United States.
1883 A poorly trained Egyptian army, led by British General William Hicks, marches toward El Obeid in the Sudan–straight into a Mahdist ambush and massacre.
1883 The U.S. Supreme Court declares American Indians to be "dependent aliens."
1892 First automatic telephone exchange goes into operation in La Porte, Indiana.
1896 William McKinley is elected 25th president of the United States.
1912 The first all-metal plane flies near Issy, France, piloted by Ponche and Prinard.
1918 The German fleet at Kiel mutinies. This is the first act leading to Germany's capitulation in World War I.
1921 Milk drivers on strike dump thousands of gallons of milk onto New York City's streets.
1935 Left-wing groups in France form the Socialist and Republican Union.
1957 The Soviet Union launches Sputnik II with the dog Laika, the first animal in space, aboard.
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson is elected the 36th president of the United States.
1964 Robert Kennedy, brother of the slain president, is elected as a senator from New York.
1983 Jesse Jackson announces his candidacy for the office of president of the United States.
1992 Arkansas Governor Bill (William Jefferson) Clinton is elected 42nd president of the United States.

Born on November 3
1718 John Montague, fourth Earl of Sandwich and inventor of the sandwich.
1794 William Cullen Bryant, poet and journalist.
1801 Karl Baedeker, German publisher, well known for travel guides.
1831 Ignatius Donnelly, American social reformer best known for his book Atlantis: The Antediluvian World.
1901 Andre Malraux, French novelist (Man's Fate).
1903 Walker Evans, photographer.
1909 James "Scotty" Reston, New York Times reporter, editor and columnist.
1918 Russell Long, U.S. senator from Louisiana from 1951 to 1968 and son of Huey P. Long.
1920 Oodgeroo Noonuccal [Kath Walker], Australian Aboriginal poet.
1942 Martin Cruz Smith, novelist (Gorky Park).
1952 David Ho, virologist, AIDS researcher.http://www.historynet.com/today-in-history

The difference between pigs and people is that when they tell you you're cured it isn't a good thing.

1793 - Stephen F. Austin was born. He was the principal founder of Texas.

1891 - In Val Verde County, construction began on the Pecos High Bridge. Upon completion the bridge rose 321 feet above the river making it the highest railroad bridge in North America and the third highest in the world.

1911 - Johnny Keane was born. He played for the Houston Buffs minor league team, and later served as the team's manager.

It's not how old you are, it's how you got here.It's been a long road and not all of it was paved.A man is but a product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes. Gandhi

Originally Posted by Carol

When I judge someone's integrity one key thing I look at is - How does s/he treat people s/he doesn't agree with or does not like?
I can respect someone who I do not agree with, but I have NO respect for someone who puts others down in a public forum. That is the hallmark of someone who has no integrity, and cannot be trusted.